JY.Justin Yu

Hi, I’m
Justin.

About me: Scholar; Innovator; Researcher; Builder; Musician; First Aider.

Many interests. Always exploring.

Justin Yu wearing glasses, a dark suit and a patterned tie, against a brick wall.

Biomedical Sciences & BioBusiness student at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Nanyang Global Scholar

Connect the dots My path toward medicine ↓
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becoming.Justin YuNTU, SingaporeOpen my notebookClose notebook

StudyingBiomedical Sciences & BioBusiness

FromJakarta, Indonesia

Right nowWorking toward a future in medicine. Exploring science, music, technology, and the people who make it all worthwhile.

NTUSingapore
My chapter, right now.
From Jakarta. Finding my way in Singapore.A few chapters so far

01 / From people to possibility

People first.
Then possibility.

Science asks why. People give it purpose.

I’m studying Biomedical Sciences and BioBusiness at NTU, exploring technology through hands-on projects, and pursuing a future in medicine through the NTU–Duke-NUS Pathways to Medicine programme.
A human need. An idea takes shape.My learning journey

01 People

Start with people.
And what they need.

Before a scientific question or a new idea, there is someone's everyday life. I want to begin by listening: what matters to them, what gets in the way, and what could help?

  • UnderstandMake sense of what is happening.
  • AccessReach support that fits everyday life.
  • IndependenceKeep doing the things that matter.

Every conversation opens a question. Choose one to explore.

Justice

Who gets a fair chance?

Ask who an idea could serve, whose perspective is missing, and who might be left behind.

  • Fair treatment without discrimination
  • Whose voices shape the decisions
  • How benefits and burdens are shared
Ethics

What should we do, and who decides?

A possibility is also a responsibility. Make room for people’s values, choices, and the trade-offs they are willing to accept.

  • Meaningful consent and personal choice
  • Privacy and responsible use of information
  • Whose values guide difficult decisions
Technology

What should technology actually solve?

Start with a person’s task, then ask whether a tool would make it simpler, clearer, or more useful.

  • A real need before a new feature
  • Reliability and understandable limitations
  • A useful option when technology is unavailable
Access

Can people use it in everyday life?

An idea has to fit the circumstances of the people it is for. Explore the practical steps between a possibility and someone being able to use it.

  • Cost, time, and distance
  • Language, ability, and digital confidence
  • Support that fits daily routines
Trust

What would make this trustworthy?

Ask what people need to understand, what they want to question, and who they can turn to when something goes wrong.

  • Clear explanations and honest uncertainty
  • Accountability when a decision causes harm
  • A way to ask questions and challenge decisions
Wellbeing

Does this support a life that matters?

Look beyond a technical output to the routines, relationships, and choices people value.

  • Independence and personal priorities
  • The effort a new tool asks of someone
  • What a meaningful improvement looks like to them

A human need becomes a question worth exploring.

02 Science

Develop the science.

Biomedical Sciences at NTU grounds my questions in biology. Through URECA with LKCMedicine and the National Cancer Centre Singapore, I’m exploring genetic discrimination in insurance — where medicine, ethics, and policy meet.

A pipette draws a sample from a small conical tube, lifts clear, and dispenses it into the larger laboratory vessel. The sequence continues from drug discovery to medtech devices: two ways to bring scientific ideas into the world.

From a question to evidence. From evidence to possibility.

03 Business

Make good ideas sustainable.

My BioBusiness studies connect scientific ideas with the systems that help them reach people. Next comes a planned Year 4 Semester 1 exchange at Copenhagen Business School, learning alongside Bioentrepreneurship master’s students.

A presenter shares an idea with a seated audience. The first slide, “An idea. A path to impact.”, follows Research, Development, and Access. It then changes to a technology slide showing AI, LLMs, Machine learning. Those connected ideas expand out of the board into the Technology chapter.

Share the idea. Connect the people and resources to build it.

04 Technology

Learn by building.

From websites and 3D design at Face AI to chatbot exploration with MOKneeTOR and a drone prototype called DreamCatcher, building gives me a way to test ideas and learn from people with different expertise.

  • AIRecognising biomedical patterns
  • LLMsNavigating scientific literature
  • Machine learningExploring biomedical data

Give the idea a form people can use.

05 Together

Different disciplines.
People at the centre.

I’m working toward a future in medicine with an interdisciplinary mindset: understand the evidence, consider how an idea can last, and build something people can use.

Three perspectives.
Explore what I bring to each.

More about my background

Every perspective returns to the person it could help.

Science & medicine

Biomedical Sciences at NTU, URECA research on genetic discrimination, and the NTU–Duke-NUS Pathways to Medicine programme connect scientific questions with people’s lives.

  • Biomedical sciences
  • Research & evidence
  • Genetic discrimination
  • Ethics & policy
Explore my research

Business & innovation

BioBusiness studies and financial and business work with HAVOC help me connect people, resources, and decisions. My planned CBS exchange will deepen the bioentrepreneurship side.

  • BioBusiness foundations
  • Business coordination
  • Community leadership
  • Bioentrepreneurship interests
See my learning journey

Technology & making

I learn by making websites, 3D models, manuals, chatbots, and prototypes. Face AI, MOKneeTOR, Sortify, and DreamCatcher have brought that curiosity into team projects.

  • Web development
  • 3D modelling & design
  • AI chatbot exploration
  • Hardware–software prototyping
Explore DreamCatcher

Begin with people. Develop the science, explore how business can sustain an idea, and discover what technology can make possible. I want to connect these perspectives, always returning to the people an idea could help.

My learning journey

02 / My learning journey

Rooted in science.
Open to what’s next.

Building a foundation at NTU, pursuing a path toward medicine, and learning how ideas find their place in the world.

  1. Part of my journey now
    Current

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    BSc in Biomedical Sciences & BioBusiness (Double Major)

    June 2025 — August 2029 expected

    Studying biomedical science alongside the business of life sciences, as a Nanyang Global Scholar and a member of the inaugural NTU Honours College cohort.

    Learning across

    • Biomedical sciences
    • BioBusiness
    • Interdisciplinary learning
  2. Part of my journey now
    Current

    NTU & Duke-NUS Medical School

    NTU–Duke-NUS Pathways to Medicine

    Programme participant

    Continuing my journey towards medicine through the NTU–Duke-NUS Pathways to Medicine Programme, while building a broader foundation in science, technology and business.

    Learning across

    • Pathways to medicine
    • Healthcare
  3. Looking ahead
    Looking ahead

    Copenhagen Business School

    Bioentrepreneurship exchange

    Upcoming · Year 4, Semester 1

    Selected for a one-semester exchange, learning alongside Year 2 students in the MSc in Business Administration and Bioentrepreneurship. I look forward to exploring how scientific ideas become sustainable life-science ventures.

    Planned coursework

    • Finance and Accounting in Bio-Business
    • Bio Markets
    • Innovation Challenges in BioBusiness
    • Bioentrepreneurship
Explore my full background

03 / People, places & possibilities

My life at NTU.

Learning happens in the lab.
And in rehearsals, conversations,
and the people you meet along the way.

01

Inaugural InnovScape cohort · Scholars’ Representative · Communities Director

NTU Honours College

Part of the inaugural InnovScape cohort, now serving as the first NHC Scholars’ Representative and Scholars’ Communities Director (Internal Relations).

Justin Yu’s blue and orange NTU Honours College campaign poster with a cohort photograph, the words Five Scapes One Community, and a voting date of 4 September 2026.From the campaign ↗
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Nanyang Global Scholar

Nanyang Global Scholar

Biomedical Sciences & BioBusiness at NTU — and a reason to keep exploring beyond one discipline.

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Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAwarded July 2025Current

I’m a Nanyang Global Scholar in NTU’s inaugural Honours College cohort, studying a double major in Biomedical Sciences and BioBusiness. I want to understand both the science behind better healthcare and the systems that help it reach people. The journey is also taking me towards medicine through the NTU–Duke-NUS Pathways to Medicine Programme, with a selected exchange at Copenhagen Business School ahead.

03

URECA researcher

Questions beyond the lab

Researching genetic discrimination in insurance, where biomedical science meets policy, trust and patient protection.

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LKCMedicine & National Cancer Centre SingaporeAugust 2026 — presentOngoing research

Through URECA, I’m working on Genetic Discrimination in Insurance with LKCMedicine and the Cancer Genetics Service at the National Cancer Centre Singapore, under A/Prof Joanne Ngeow and Ms Jeanette Yuen. I’m exploring the ethical, social and policy questions around how genetic information is used. It is a chance to look beyond what new technology makes possible and ask what the people affected by it need.

04

Secretary & clarinettist

NTU Symphony Orchestra

Finding my part in a bigger sound — on clarinet and on the orchestra’s executive committee.

NTU Symphony Orchestra musicians standing with their instruments on a wooden concert stage, with the conductor at the centre.
NTU Symphony Orchestra, on stage together.
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NTU Symphony OrchestraClarinet: January 2026 — present · Secretary: June 2026 — presentCurrent

At NTUSO, I play clarinet and serve as secretary on the executive committee. My first orchestra concert was at the School of the Arts Singapore Concert Hall on 5 June 2026. Keeping music alongside classes and projects takes practice — in both senses — but it gives me another way to listen, connect with people and build something together.

05

Financial and Business Director

Hall 5 Orientation

Helping make a new chapter possible through HAVOC’s financial and business work.

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NTU Hall 5 Orientation Committee (HAVOC)April 2026 — presentCurrent

I’m the Financial and Business Director for the Hall 5 Orientation Committee, HAVOC. It’s a chance to contribute to the work behind an orientation experience, and to learn how people, resources, and organisation come together in a campus community.

06

First Aider · Former Blood Donations Committee member

NTU Red Cross

From last year’s Blood Donations Committee to my current role as a First Aider, with Child First Aid, Standard First Aid and BCLS + AED certification.

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NTU Red Cross YouthBlood Donations Committee: September 2025 — August 2026 · First Aider: September 2026 — presentCurrent First Aider

I served on the Blood Donations Committee at NTU Red Cross Youth from September 2025 to August 2026, contributing to blood donation and donor recruitment work.

I now serve as a First Aider. My qualifications include Child First Aid, Standard First Aid and BCLS + AED, bringing practical first-aid and resuscitation training into my campus life.

07

Indonesian Orientation Group Leader

Get Together Day

As a Group Leader, I led a team of 20+ people to bring a familiar welcome to Get Together Day.

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Indonesian orientation communityAcademic year 2025/26Completed

Coming from Jakarta, I value the connections that make a new place feel a little more familiar. As an Indonesian Orientation Group Leader for Get Together Day, I led a team of 20+ people to bring that familiar welcome to others.

08

Event Subcommittee · 2025/26

NTU Buddhist Society

Part of the NTU Buddhist Society’s Event Subcommittee during my first year at NTU.

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NTU Buddhist SocietyAcademic year 2025/26Completed

I served on the Event Subcommittee of NTU Buddhist Society in academic year 2025/26.

09

Assistant Clade Leader · 2025/26

School of Biological Sciences

Taking part in the School of Biological Sciences community as an Assistant Clade Leader.

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NTU School of Biological SciencesAcademic year 2025/26Completed

I was an Assistant Clade Leader at NTU’s School of Biological Sciences in academic year 2025/26.

10

Musician · 2025/26

Indonesian Cultural Night

Another part of my musical life at NTU: performing at Indonesian Cultural Night.

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Indonesian Cultural NightAcademic year 2025/26Completed

I took part in Indonesian Cultural Night as a musician in academic year 2025/26.

The full journey

04 / Learning by making

Curious enough to try.
Things I’ve made.

Questions become ideas.
Ideas become something you can use.
Here are a few things I’ve explored.

Face AI — 1 of 5

05 / Notes from the journey

Things that made me
think a little differently.

Reflections from my LinkedIn posts.
The conversations, projects, and unexpected side quests that stay with me.

Healthcare AI Symposium · July 2026

Science first. People always.

Seeing healthcare innovation with Face AI brought the connections into focus: start with scientific evidence, use business to build something sustainable, and use technology to help it reach people. That is the intersection I want to grow toward.

My work with Face AI

DreamCatcher · Making and Tinkering

The side quests matter.

A biomedical sciences student learning alongside engineering students, trying to make a drone wake someone up. The prototype wasn’t perfect. But electronics, computer vision, 3D printing, and working through problems together gave me new ways to think.

Meet DreamCatcher

TEDxNTU · Inter[X]

A different perspective changes things.

A neuroscientist in a business school. An actor helping medical students practise difficult conversations. TEDxNTU reminded me that learning across disciplines means being willing to step into another perspective — and making room for art, empathy, and curiosity along the way.

More reflections on LinkedIn

06 / The other pages

Beyond the labels.

Justin Yu in an NTU T-shirt and purple bandana, raising his hand.

Student, researcher, musician — and more.
A few things that keep me curious.

Music

A different kind of conversation.

Music gives me another way to listen and contribute. I play clarinet with NTU Symphony Orchestra and drums with NTU Hall V Jamband, following years of clarinet with the Canisius Wind Ensemble. There’s something special about many individual parts finding a shared rhythm.

Leadership

Making things happen, together.

As NTUSO Secretary, Financial and Business Director for the Hall 5 orientation committee (HAVOC), and an NTU Honours College scholars’ representative, I get to contribute beyond my own work. I’m interested in the practical things that help a community work well: communication, responsibility, and making room for others.

Curiosity

Room to keep exploring.

Some of my favourite questions begin with “could we make this?” Software, design, and drone exploration give that curiosity somewhere to go. Alongside building, my involvement with NTU Red Cross Youth keeps community service part of my university life.

A future in medicine.
A mind that stays open.

I’m working toward becoming a physician, while making room for the other ways I can learn and contribute. Researcher, builder, musician, teammate — each part of the journey has something to teach me.

Feel free to reach out!

A glass beaker pours, then lifts out of view. Molecules alternate between “Thank you for visiting!” and “Feel free to reach out!”. Try the centrifuge to spin them into bands, or excite GFP, mTagBFP2, or mCherry to illuminate them with fluorescence.

Drag the pipette tip over a word to collect it, then move and release to reform the word. Keyboard: Enter collects the nearest word, arrow keys move, Enter releases, Escape returns it.

Drag the tip onto a word.

Fluorescent proteins
A little lab report. A new conversation.
Lab report / Correspondence
01 / Title

Hey there Justin!

Every good collaboration starts with a little curiosity.

02 / From

From your desk to mine.
I’ll reply to the email above.

Your name, email, and message are saved privately for Justin to respond to your inquiry.

A question, an idea, or a different perspective. I’d love to hear it.